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Wild Rice Salad with Avocado & Toasted Pecans

July 13, 2016 by Emily Hill 4 Comments

This wild rice salad is the perfect summer dish with its diced chicken, red bell pepper, snow peas, avocado and toasted pecans.

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Wild Rice Salad - This wild rice salad is the perfect summer dish with its diced chicken, red bell pepper, snow peas, avocado and toasted pecans.

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The first time I tasted this wild rice salad it was spring of 2007. I seriously can’t believe it’s taken me 8 YEARS to make it and share it. I stumbled across this wild rice salad recipe while browsing my binder of power (aka recipe binder) looking for some inspiration.

I shopped for the ingredients the next day and served it at our Relief Society summer social that evening. Not many recipes get that quick a turnaround!

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Wild Rice Salad - This wild rice salad is the perfect summer dish with its diced chicken, red bell pepper, snow peas, avocado and toasted pecans.

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This wild rice salad is a delightful summer dish with its cooked wild rice, diced chicken, red bell pepper, snow peas, avocado and toasted pecans. It’s right up there with my favorite Asian ramen chicken salad. In fact, the perfect weeknight meal would be a plate half filled with one and half filled with the other.

Mmm…

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Wild Rice Salad - This wild rice salad is the perfect summer dish with its diced chicken, red bell pepper, snow peas, avocado and toasted pecans.

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Though you’ll dirty a few dishes while making this chicken and wild rice salad, it’s totally worth it. Plus it makes a pretty good size salad, so it’s perfect for summer potlucks and family get-together.

We eat it as a main dish but you could always serve it as a side.

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Wild Rice Salad - This wild rice salad is the perfect summer dish with its diced chicken, red bell pepper, snow peas, avocado and toasted pecans.

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Printable recipe for wild rice salad below. Enjoy!
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Wild Rice Salad
 
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Prep time
30 mins
Total time
30 mins
 
This wild rice salad is the perfect summer dish with its diced chicken, red bell pepper, snow peas, avocado and toasted pecans.
Author: Emily ~ isthisREALLYmylife.com
Recipe type: Salad
Serves: 12
Ingredients
Salad
  • 1 box Rice-A-Roni (or other brand) long grain & wild rice, prepared according to package directions
  • 3 chicken breasts, cooked and diced
  • 4 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 large red bell pepper, diced
  • 1 to 2 cups snow peas, rinsed, ends removed with larger pods cut in half
  • 2 medium avocados, diced
  • 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
  • Juice of 1 lemon
Dressing
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 T Dijon muster
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • ¼ tsp sugar
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • ⅓ cup red wine vinegar
  • ⅓ cup canola oil
Instructions
Dressing
  1. Combine all ingredients in a blender or shaker bottle; mix well. Cover and refrigerate.
Salad
  1. Combine wild rice mix, chicken, green onions, red bell pepper and snow peas in a large bowl and toss with dressing. Refrigerate 2 to 4 hours.
  2. Add avocados, pecans and lemon juice before serving and toss to coat well. Garnish with additional chopped toasted pecans (optional). Serve immediately.
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Comments

  1. Karly

    July 14, 2016 at 7:06 am

    Um, YUM!? This is seriously the perfect side dish for a nice family dinner or weekend BBQ. A must-try, for sure!

    Reply
    • Emily Hill

      July 14, 2016 at 9:24 am

      It’s so good! :)

      Reply

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